San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-21

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from nv eves could onIv cry.
0Wark Heaven has sent Won hack tn
me 0h nv Love bow Il Love vonin
lie rai:ed me- in his arms Once again
the strnnS clash held me-. o,,t.r aSain
The arms 6f nv frne Love were arGnnd
roe Wonid 70 Haven tbe angal of
death had smitten me az Law tbereI
heard him crv tsNeIIieI To r. Won
NalIie2" and the sound of the dearly,
loved voice drove me mad AGAIN
cinna 70 him anJ kisSed him S;tb an
ang,sisb Of nassion known only to those
who love ne 7 loved
mYou have come hack In me- from the
dead y cried 10b INV love welcomed
have never donhted Won Marx ali
tbronob tbe weeks and months and
wears have loved Won inst fine same.
I said ALWAYS that il Won were living
Won would come. IL dasd would taLe
INV love and faith untarnisbed to Won
sneak IN me Mark have bungered
FOR the sound of vnnr voice and for tbe
sigbt of vonr face SneaL tn me .
hoard him wbisner words that seem.
cd IN me like a nrayer
wNIv trna loyal Nallie,r no said
81 inew yo,; would come 70 mo ~
Iivino MARI M late aS Won did NOT
come 7 feIt sure that Won were dead
have never doubted Won for one mo-
ment Marx .
In passion of low and gratitude 7
pnt nv arms round his neck telling
him with kisses and tears how Glad
and bannv was how 7 Thanked Ueav-
en- how NV hanniness was ali the great
or hecanse nv angnish had been 40
keen He was STRANGELY silent Rut
Needed not When nv rantnrons words
were over. he wonld talk to me in the
old sweet grave fashion
lyon nav kiss INV Inns Mark ~ T
said Hfor I have kent NV promise The
kiss Won left on them is there still. no
one has Touched them. 7 never swerved
even in nv thongbts for one moment
from Won IF Won had never returned
and / had lived fifty wears Longer. I
should have been inst as trne' Ail
other men are Int shadows Oh Mark
teach me-vou are wiser and better
than Teach me how to thank Heaven
that Won have come hack TO me.U
Strangely silent was he: but. as I re-
membered' great emotion often causes
silence c9nId not see him for he had
drawn me TO him. I could only stand
still, folded in his close embrace, and
murmur to him all the loving words
that came from nv heartNhow / had
yearned for him-how long the DAYS
The weeks, the months and wears lad
beenEhow | had Thought of him un-
ceasinply-hOW. feeling sure that he
Wasin Heaven. I had made Heaven the
home of nv heart-hoW had been in
many places and seen MANY men but
there was none like him, none to be
compared with him. All the loving
tboughts that had ever passed through
INV mind were poured out like water
beneath his feet. The wind family
stirred the green boughs above our
heads. the birds were singing blithely.
and | could hear my own voice rippling
on, but not his-not his.
A gust of wind blew a lilac-spray
right into nv face. | seized it and
kissed it passionately.
"How strange. Mark. that YOU should
come back to me in the time of the Ii
laos! They seem almost like living
friends. But, Mark, speak to me. 1
saw all: you say nothing: speak to me. !"
Still could not see his face.
"Great sorrow made me dumb, Mark;
great Joy gives me words" said. Tell
me that you are pleased to see me, to
find me-"
Nellie, my true, loving Nellie!" he
said.
And l was content. Oh, wondrous
love! was content and happy. l too
stood for some minutes in silence, the
dark, handsome, beloved face bending
over mine.
II believe those happy birds know all
about it, Mark" l said. ''Hark, how
they are singing. If had known what
to-day would bring, how should have
longed for it to comel Oh. Mark. what
a debt you have to paw mel What hours
have spent in PRAYING for YOU! What
tears have shedl You must repay me
all those PRAYERS and tears. Mark,
raise your head and let me look at you.
Do you know that l have hardly seen
your face yet?r
But for all answer. he drew me near
er to him and Whispered.
INV dear. loving Nellieln
was quite content. safe in the Shelf
er of his arms, my happy face resting